Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce thinks Jacksonville Jaguars rookie Travis Hunter will have a tough time in 2025.
The Kansas City Chiefs will face the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2025, and that means the AFC champs will get to see rookie Travis Hunter strut his stuff.
Seen as a star receiver and corner, Hunter is expected to play both positions in his rookie season, as he did with Colorado last year in college.
But as we know, the NFL is a different beast, and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who was speaking on the Bussin With The Boys podcast, thinks Hunter is going to have a tough time playing both positions. …
And he is offering an ominous warning in the form of a scouting report.
“See, that’s the thing,” Kelce said. “I don’t know how they’re going to divvy it out. I don’t know because teams are going to be going after him. They’re going to try and make his day miserable.”
“Dude, if he plays corner, they’re just going to run deep balls at him all day … the wide receivers just take off on him all day. Just to try to get him tired. Why wouldn’t you just attack him that way?”
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (left) and Jacksonville Jaguars rookie Travis Hunter (right).
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So it is clear Kelce has a clear picture of what NFL offenses are going to do with Hunter, and that is just on the defensive side. Hunter will then have to play receiver, too.
Most think Hunter will have to pick a position and “major” in it, while moonlighting the other, but there doesn’t seem to be a world where the rookie can play both full-time, at least at the NFL level.
Because if Kelce is thinking this already, you can bet your house that 31 other offenses are thinking the exact same thing.
